LARC PowerFLOW Software Renewal

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center (NASA/NSSC) has issued a Special Notice for a sole source procurement of LARC PowerFLOW Software Renewal at the NASA Langley Research Center. The notice is specifically targeting the renewal of software licenses and support for PowerFLOW, a specialized computational fluid dynamics simulation tool critical to NASA's Research Directorate. Dassault Systems is identified as the exclusive vendor capable of providing this software, with unique capabilities for simulating unsteady flows over complex geometries. The procurement will be conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12 and 13 for commercial items and services, utilizing NAICS code 513210 for Software Publishers. The contract opportunity is classified as a non-set-aside procurement with a posting date of February 20, 2025, and a response deadline of February 24, 2025.

Contractors interested in this opportunity must submit their capabilities and qualifications in writing to Procurement Specialist Shanna Patterson by 7 a.m. Central Standard Time on February 24, 2025. The notice covers renewal of multiple concurrent software licenses, including 5 licenses each for PowerCASE, PowerACOUSTICS, PowerDELTA, PowerINSIGHT, and PowerVIZ, along with 1,800 token-based licenses for PowerFLOW simulation cores. The period of performance is scheduled from April 6, 2025, through April 5, 2026, with work to be performed at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. While the government will evaluate submissions to potentially consider competitive procurement, the current intent remains a sole source award to Dassault Systems. Interested parties should note that oral communications are not accepted, and the NASA Ombudsman clause applies to this procurement. The software is crucial for NASA's research, particularly for investigating aeroacoustic performance of research models through advanced computational simulation techniques.